By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Elizabeth Gilbert has announced that she will halt the release of her next book after facing backlash because the story is set in Russia. The “Eat, Pray, Love” author says her upcoming novel, titled “The Snow Forest,” has upset Ukrainians because their country is curr…
Many Ukrainians expressed their disapproval of the book’s Russian setting in recent days—but the head of a free expression group called the decision to pull the book “regrettable.”
"Eat, Pray, Love" author Elizabeth Gilbert will indefinitely delay the planned 2024 release of "The Snow Forest" over objections to its setting in Soviet Russia.
After Ukrainian readers expressed anger and disappointment over the book's setting, Elizabeth Gilbert said “it is not the time” for “The Snow Forest” to be published.
‘Eat, Pray, Love’ author Elizabeth Gilbert said she will be delaying her next book after it garnered backlash for its Russian setting, with Ukrainian fans imploring her not to publish i…
Elizabeth Gilbert says now is ‘not the time for this book to be published’, following anger from Ukrainian readers over The Snow Forest, set in Siberia
“It is not the time for this book to be published,” Gilbert said on social media. Months before release, "The Snow Forest" was review-bombed on Goodreads.
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